Girls' name · since 2008
Nellee
Nellee has 17 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #48,025 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,294 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 17
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
17 babies have been named Nellee since 2008, making it today's #14294 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Nellee recorded 17 times among girls since 2008, holding rank #14294 nationally today, ahead of 17% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #48,025 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,294 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 17 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nellee ranks #48,025 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,294 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 17 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #48,025 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,294 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 17
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Nellee's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Nellee compares
17 6th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Nellee's all-time total is 95% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Nellee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 17 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 21 | 19,840 |
Nellee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Nellee splits its recorded history at 2024: 71% of all births land in the more recent half, 29% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2008 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Nellee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Nellee by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (12 births, 71% of the file).
2020s was Nellee's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Nellee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 12 births (71% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2008–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Nellee draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.